Actor To Play Late ALICE IN CHAINS Singer Layne Staley Meets With "Get Born Again" Author Adriana Rubio
February 21, 2008, 16 years ago
Author Adriana Rubio's Arts Publications Books site has been updated with the following:
Actor to play Layne Staley’s character, Lathan McKay, met with Adriana Rubio. Both spent 10 days working on the movie project “Get Born Again”. They shared an amazing interaction.
A local rock band, MOTHERWEISER played numerous ALICE IN CHAINS songs to assist Lathan in his vocal performance and character development. When he took to the microphone, Staley’s presence was definitely felt, and acknowledged by everyone in the room. McKay shares an incredible likeness to Layne Staley, and has an inner ability to channel Layne’s energy.
Lathan has a tremendous respect for Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell’s music, and is very passionate about portraying Layne as the beautiful, talented soul that he was.
Lathan McKay was born on January 10th, 1978 in Austin, TX. He started his acting career a few years ago landing one of the lead roles in a coming of age story set in suburban Texas, premiering at 2003 Tribeca Film Festival.
To see more photos and read a statement from Adriana, head to this location.
